1# @(#)northamerica 7.15 |
2# also includes Central America and the Caribbean 3 4# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, 5# go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to 6# tz@elsie.nci.nih.gov for general use in the future). 7 8# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (August 17, 1994): 9# A reliable and entertaining source about time zones is --- 136 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 146Zone America/Knox_IN -6:00 US C%sT 1991 Oct 27 2:00 147 -5:00 - EST # Always EST as of 1991 148Zone America/Phoenix -7:00 US M%sT 1946 149 -7:00 - MST # Always MST as of 1986 150 151# ZONE-DESCR America Fort_Wayne United_States Indiana (except Starke County) 152# ZONE-DESCR America Knox_IN United_States Indiana (Starke County) 153# ZONE-DESCR America Phoenix United_States Arizona (except Navajo Nation) |
154# ZONE-DESCR America Shiprock United_States Arizona (Navajo Nation) |
155 156# From Arthur David Olson (February 13, 1988): 157# However. . .a writer from the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., 158# notes in private correspondence dated 12/28/87 that "Presently, only the 159# Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its 160# large size and location in three states." (The "only" means that other 161# tribal nations don't use DST.) 162 |
163Link America/Denver America/Shiprock |
164 165# From Bob Devine (January 28, 1988): 166# Michigan didn't observe DST from 1968 to 1973. 167 168Zone America/Detroit -5:00 US E%sT 1968 169 -5:00 - EST 1973 170 -5:00 US E%sT 171 --- 42 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 214# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Midway United_States Midway Island 215# ZONE-DESCR America Atka United_States Aleutian Islands 216# ZONE-DESCR Pacific Honolulu United_States Hawaii 217 218# Navassa 219# no information; probably like US/Eastern 220 221 |
222################################################################################ 223 224 225# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (November 18, 1993): 226# A good source for time zone historical data outside the U.S. is 227# Thomas G. Shanks, The International Atlas (3rd edition), 228# San Diego: ACS Publications, Inc. (1991). 229# Except where otherwise noted, it is the source for the data below. 230# 231# Another source occasionally used is Edward W. Whitman, World Time Differences, 232# Whitman Publishing Co, 2 Niagara Av, Ealing, London (undated), which 233# I found in the UCLA library. 234# 235# I invented the abbreviation SPST for St Pierre Standard Time; SPDT likewise. 236# Corrections are welcome! 237# |
238# See the `europe' file for Greenland. 239# |
240# See the `africa' file for Zone naming conventions. 241 242 243 244# Canada 245 246# Canada is reportedly lots easier than the US--leastways since 1951. 247# I don't know what they did before then. --- 62 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 310# current exceptions can put themselves in the "Mountain" zone, since 311# those are the rules they follow. Any past exceptions can be forgotten, 312# since that's what those who live here have done. 313 314# From Arthur David Olson (November 21, 1992): 315# East-Saskatchewan kept to avoid problems for folks using that zone by name; 316# plain Saskatchewan added. 317 |
318# From Alain LaBont<e'> <ALB@immedia.ca> (1994-11-14): 319# I post here the time zone abbreviations standardized in Canada 320# for both English and French in the CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 standard.... 321# 322# UTC Standard time Daylight savings time 323# offset French English French English 324# -2:30 - - HAT NDT 325# -3 - - HAA ADT 326# -3:30 HNT NST - - 327# -4 HNA AST HAE EDT 328# -5 HNE EST HAC CDT 329# -6 HNC CST HAR MDT 330# -7 HNR MST HAP PDT 331# -8 HNP PST HAY YDT 332# -9 HNY YST - - 333# 334# HN: Heure Normale ST: Standard Time 335# HA: Heure Avanc<e'>e DT: Daylight saving Time 336# 337# A: de l'Atlantique Atlantic 338# C: du Centre Central 339# E: de l'Est Eastern 340# M: Mountain 341# N: Newfoundland 342# P: du Pacifique Pacific 343# R: des Rocheuses 344# T: de Terre-Neuve 345# Y: du Yukon Yukon 346# 347# From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1994-11-22): 348# Alas, this sort of thing must be handled by localization software. |
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352# From Shanks (1991): 353# Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S 354Rule StJohns 1884 only - Jan 1 0:00 0 S 355Rule StJohns 1917 1918 - Apr Sun>=8 2:00 1:00 D 356Rule StJohns 1917 only - Sep 17 2:00 0 S 357Rule StJohns 1918 only - Oct 31 2:00 0 S 358# Whitman gives 1919 Apr 5 and 1920 Apr 5; go with Shanks. 359Rule StJohns 1919 only - May 5 23:00 1:00 D --- 686 unchanged lines hidden --- |